A number of them generally surround the herd and then dash in upon them, and in this way each one kills from one to four buffaloes.

I had gone out in company with Major North and some of the officers, and saw them make a "surround." Twenty of the Pawnees circled a herd and succeeded in killing only thirty-two.
"While they were cutting up the animals another herd appeared in sight.
The Indians were preparing to surround it, when I asked Major North to keep them back and let me show them what I could do.

He accordingly informed the Indians of my wish and they readily consented to let me have the opportunity.

I had learned that Buckskin Joe was an excellent buffalo horse, and felt confident that I would astonish the natives; galloping in among the buffaloes, I certainly did so by killing thirty-six in less than a half-mile run.

At nearly every shot I killed a buffalo, stringing the dead animals out on the prairie, not over fifty feet apart.